Morbid fragrances

I recieved my Amouage samples today, most of them was nice, but I put on some Amouage Gold Man on my hand - and it litteraly made me nauseous. I tried scrubbing it off but it got even worse. To me it's a very evocative scent in a very bad way. It makes me feel I'm alone in a house/church full of long dead people staring at me wanting to eat my soul. Like being in the middle of an old horror movie starring Vincent Price - not from the comfort of your sofa, but being right there. The notes should read: melancholia, morbidity, death, funerals, loneliness, horror and pure fear. I once was looking for a fragrance like this, enhancing your horror movie watching experience, but this is ridiculous. Yikes!

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Originally Posted by irrbloss

I recieved my Amouage samples today, most of them was nice, but I put on some Amouage Gold Man on my hand - and it litteraly made me nauseous. I tried scrubbing it off but it got even worse. To me it's a very evocative scent in a very bad way. It makes me feel I'm alone in a house/church full of long dead people staring at me wanting to eat my soul. Like being in the middle of an old horror movie starring Vincent Price - not from the comfort of your sofa, but being right there. The notes should read: melancholia, morbidity, death, funerals, loneliness, horror and pure fear. I once was looking for a fragrance like this, enhancing your horror movie watching experience, but this is ridiculous. Yikes!

These are the notes listed at Fragrantica.com:
Amouage Gold pour Homme by Amouage is a woody floral musk fragrance for men. Amouage Gold pour Homme was launched in 1998. Top notes are rose hip, incense and lily-of-the-valley; middle notes are orris root, jasmine and myrrh; base notes are amber, sandalwood, patchouli, musk, civet, oakmoss and cedar.

Perhaps it was the incense, myrrh, civet and musk triggered s.t. for you?

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I guess it's an obvious one to mention, but ELdO's Secretions Magnifiques heads the top of my "morbid fragrances" list. I don't get the semen or even blood part as much as I get the stench of that inch of scummy water at the bottom of a vase of dead flowers.

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Oh man, Gold is very nice. This bashing Gold has often been getting remains a mystery to me. In fact, I'm gonna wear it to bed now.

But speaking of such effects, a few weeks ago I sprayed Keihl's Musk on my friends shirt after he succumbed to my description of its glorious history just to have him LITERALLY puke after 10 minutes. He remained nauseous the whole day and had to leave the office early.

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Originally Posted by Killer_Vavoom

Oh man, Gold is very nice. This bashing Gold has often been getting remains a mystery to me. In fact, I'm gonna wear it to bed now.

But speaking of such effects, a few weeks ago I sprayed Keihl's Musk on my friends shirt after he succumbed to my description of its glorious history just to have him LITERALLY puke after 10 minutes. He remained nauseous the whole day and had to leave the office early.

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Originally Posted by Killer_Vavoom

Oh man, Gold is very nice. This bashing Gold has often been getting remains a mystery to me. In fact, I'm gonna wear it to bed now.

But speaking of such effects, a few weeks ago I sprayed Keihl's Musk on my friends shirt after he succumbed to my description of its glorious history just to have him LITERALLY puke after 10 minutes. He remained nauseous the whole day and had to leave the office early.

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Messe de Minuit, to some extent. Evocative of orthodox churches and funerals for me, down to the smell of molding bibles, candle wax and overblown flowers, although I really love it precisely because of that slightly morbid quality.

Also L'Heure Bleue, which can be a little suffocating on a bad day. Old-fashioned make-up, hothouse flowers, violet-flavoured pastilles and melancholia.

Morbid fragrances

Originally Posted by Pimpinett

Messe de Minuit, to some extent. Evocative of orthodox churches and funerals for me, down to the smell of molding bibles, candle wax and overblown flowers, although I really love it precisely because of that slightly morbid quality.

Also L'Heure Bleue, which can be a little suffocating on a bad day. Old-fashioned make-up, hothouse flowers, violet-flavoured pastilles and melancholia.

To me Messe de Minuit is morbid in a "cosy" way. I agree with L'Heure Bleue, Amouge Gold got a similar vibe, but a lot worse.

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To me and in my opinion, Penhaligons Hammam Bouquet has the unique gift to be both morbid and nauseating- I feel like being drowned in seemingly unending quantities of cheap, yet lethal and mood-deteriorating alcohol.

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Originally Posted by JacquesD

I guess it's an obvious one to mention, but ELdO's Secretions Magnifiques heads the top of my "morbid fragrances" list. I don't get the semen or even blood part as much as I get the stench of that inch of scummy water at the bottom of a vase of dead flowers.

... yes, me too, but that is as nauseating as the civet in Guerlain Jicky. It keeps things - alive French perfumery at its best. I'm really on the start likeing it, keep smelling it ... on my skin, oh my god! what the F... :

The 5 stars in The Guide are well deserved. It is a good one once You realize that the ad copy is a joke - and the public reception by public perfume addicts goes into the trap. In the end it comes out to be morbid, exposing the dreadfull business with preoccupations of what smells gooood, go figure!

Everyday people got more a fresh feel from it, something natural not to be named in the moment, though. They all got a tiny hint on rot, but not that much to be repellent.

For completness: pojection is tamed and longevity could be better, so it is more a 4.5 out of 5. On the other hand the radiance is outstanding. It fills a room with fresh green apple from the blotter easily.